Joy Adesina has made headlines after she emerged as the overall best graduating student from the College of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Joy, who is a niece of the president of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, broke the university’s record in medicine with an exceptional feat, claiming nine top awards and ten distinctions.
Dr. Victor Oladokun, a senior advisor to Dr. Adesina, shared the news on social media.
She acquired distinctions in surgery, community health, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and child health, dermatology, mental health, pharmacology, anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology.
She also received the following awards: the Nigeria Medical Association Prize to the student with the best overall result in the M.B.Ch.B. degree examination, the NMA Prize to the student with the best overall result in the M.B.Ch.B degree examination, the Faculty Prize for the candidate with the best overall performance in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, the Olaningbe Makanjuola Memorial Prize to the best student in medicine, among others.
Reacting to Joy’s academic feat, her uncle, Adesina, took to his official Twitter page @akin_adesina and said, “I am extremely proud of my niece, Dr. Joy Adesina, who graduated as the Best Student in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University. She bagged 10 distinctions in all, as well as the Nigerian Medical Association Prize & Faculty Prize.”